Tuesday, 3 May 2016

Amazing weather

What a superb day we had on Saturday, the weather couldn't have been better with light winds, warm and sunny. The sea looked amazing with turquoise colour showing well and it was littered with birds.

At Grutness we parked up near the pier and straight away a Long Tailed Duck- female came into view very close in. It didn't seem to bother when I approached and just stayed put for several photos.

Out in the distance two Red Throated Divers fed close together, one in breeding plumage and the other in winter plumage (this one very white colour)

The tide was out exposing rocks which made it the perfect landing and resting spot for a tern, then magically a Common Tern came in and landed on the rocks. This was my first tern of the year although a few Arctic Terns have arrived in the last few days.

A few Sanderling ran ahead of the waves and a White Wagtail flew across and started to feed a short distance away from a group of Starling. A couple of Black Guillemot, Shag and GTBB gulls added to the variety. Curlew, Oystercatcher , Common Gull and Kittiwakes passed overhead.

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Shetland is a magical place to visit and even better to live in. You really feel close to nature, there is so much to see and learn. The landscape is for ever changing under the wind blown sky. Its a place where you can make a difference, where recording and undertaking wildlife surveys do make you feel that you are connecting with nature.
Shetland has to be one of the best UK destinations for photography. The light is so clear and crisp, the weather is constantly changing giving superb cloud formations.
Being a dark site destination Shetland is always going to be great for astrophotography, although very challenging with windy nights.
I use Nikon D610 , D7100 & Sony A7s cameras with a sigma 500 + 800 mm lenses as well as a 105 macro Nikon, Samyang 14 mm & 24mm .Contact shetsip@gmail.com